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CHAMPION IN ACTION

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1952.

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Miss Doris Hart, the American holder of the Women's Singles title, in the Centre Court match at Wimbledon against Miss Olding. She should have met. Mrs Joy Mottram but as the English girl had to withdraw, the opposition was provided by Miss S. Olding, who went through the qualifying competition and faced the ordeal of a Centre Court match against the champion. She was beaten by Miss Hari 6-1, 6-0 ̧ Express Photo.

HAROLD MAYES Talking Sport

This Lord's Incident Was Just Stupid

So we have a professional as England's cricket captain. Yes, it's actually happened and at Lord's. The tea-party atmosphere is dying, and there's sense and reason in what happens at Headquarters at last.

team

It could be that

the match

You really think that? Well, that's one you can skip right away. For in the very match in which the miracle happened, there was a behind-the-scenes Incident which has scarcely ever been matched in its stupidity. Northamptonshire's Australian, Commonwealth

touring Jock Livingstone, you may re- India in 1953-54, probably under member, skippered the first Com-the auspices of the Cricket monwealth team which prevented Club of India, Indian cricket busting apart al the seams.

NOT SURPRISING He was one of the half-dozen who've captained louring sides in India who were entertained to dinner by the Indians on the eve of the game. It wasn't surprising that a shy,

SOCCER TOURT

If he sees no future any other way, I expect Do Mello to. be making approaches to George Duckworth, who managed both previous Commonwealth trips, to get cracking on that.

Another of his Ideas this trip.

which will decide this year's Issue will be the Surrey- Lancashire game. It so happens that it coincides with the next Fest, and

Surrey will obviously be minus Alec Bedser, So do we say Lancashire for the title? It looks like it.

amateur Boom

shy, retiring Vijay Hazare, is to organise an who doesn't have a lot to say to Soccer tour in India, under the anyone, felt that Jock's presence uuspices of the National Sports in the Indian dressing-room to Club, for November and De- give the Tourists the benefit of cember.

experience could be invalu-

able,

One friendly soul to try to pull things together in a camp that one wouldn't describe as being happy by any stroke of imagina tion could be very helpful. So on the first morning Jock showed up, and with no wickets having fallen by lunchtime, the Indians were regarding. Ausaic, idle of a broken finger, as result of a something of a mascot.

In fact, everyone was really happy, until

some MCC body, obviously dead but unwilling to lie down,

own, decided the dressing- room was no place for Jack.

the

Livingstone got his marching orders and spent the rest of the day walking around the ground while

the Tourists, so badly in need of someone to inspire them with just a little confidence, went to pieces.

HOLDS THE KEY- Of course, there's more to this should it be break-down-or

cricket break-up?-of Indian than what is happening out in the middle.

Who wins the County Cham- plonship? Plenty of know- ledgeable folk were prepared to say Surrey until they knew about the incident of the tampered. I said tampered, not pampered-wicket in the War- wickshire match.

Efforts had obviously been made to "puil it together." It had been left with insufficient grass, to help the spinners, Now,

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gather, the opposite pojley is being followed, and with more grass on the Oyal wickets it will help the seamers.

OLYMPIC TORCH

REACHES COPENHAGEN

reached

In Polo

POLLY UMRIGAR HITS UP

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A DOUBLE CENTURY AGAINST LANCASHIRE

Manchester, June 30.

A magnificent forcing double century his second of the tour by Polly Umrigar enabled the Indians to hit up 351 for seven wickets today and thus finish the second day of the match here with 'Lancashire needing only 13 runs for a first innings lead.

Umrigar was in brilliant form and his innings of 204, made In five hours and a quarter Included three mighty sixes and 20 fours,

Anything approaching a loose bull was hit powerfully and accurately, and apart from a very difficult chance behind the wicket when his score stood at 178, hia innings whs without a blemish. His great Innings ended with a brilliant catch on the boundary.

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The Indian were in an un-. enviable position when he went Into bat. Three wicketa, had fallen for 30." but from then onwards was a question of kard toll for the Lancashire bowlers.

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Wharton and Lomax wore by hitting Tattersall straight the bowlers after lunch and for the first six of the innings, Umrigar, after being yorked by reaching 53 out of the 81 added Wharton, cover-drove him for a for the forth wicket. three to make the stand worth 50 in 70 minutes,

Lomax bowled 'malden" on Umrigar's first partner was resumption, but Adhikari square Adhikari, who had made Ave cut him for four in his second and was in a most dour and over and, nms came readily. painstaking mood. Together, despite good ground fielding and they carried the score to 210, the introduction of Tattersall before Adhikari was caught, in the attack. having made a slow 40, while Umrigar had pummelled the bowling for 101 ruins,

The Lancashire captain called uport all his available bowling, bul Umrigor continued hli merry, hard-hitting way.

He drove, pulled ond hooked with devastating effect.

the was a little less aggressive when Ramchand and Manjreker lost their wickets after tes, but with the appearance of Divecha s his partner, he quickly re- wrned

to his fine,

forcing methods.

He and Divecha put on 71 runs in an hour for the seventh wicket and his innings ended as

he tried another great boundary

hit.

The crowd gave him, a great, reception.

Divecha is still there with 27) to his credi,

Strangely enough, Manjrekar should have bafted next when three Indian wickets had fallen for 30. But after a four minutes delay it was Umriger who went to the crease, as Manjrekar was apparently not ready to bat,

JUSTIFIED IT Umrigar certainly 'justified his "elevation" In the batung order.}

Berry resumed with three maiden overs in succession, but Umrigar ended a sedate spell

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There were seven fours in addition to the six in a' grand innings, and once again runs began to flow freely, the stand being worth three figures 110 minutes.

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Adhikari concentrated on de- fence to much a degree that the crowd advised him to "wake up".

But it was Umaigar who answered the taunt, with three strokes worth four, six and four from successive deliveries Herry, which took his score info

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That figure in the bright scarlet shirt does away with all those Kiplingesque illusions about the dashing, youthful army captain as the star of the polo field For the most striking personality here is a chubby man of fifty, Mr Arthur Lucas,

Until five years ago Arthur the polo there, with the dashing members who pay 2 guincas a Lucas, had never so much as Prince Philip as the star at your, 12 playing members who lifted a polo stick in anger. Now traction.

pay nothing. For a farmer who feeds his pony on the farm, the he is dependable, accurate player

Lucas has also played his part game can he reasonably cheap. with a handicap of one. Copenhagen, June 30.

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He is a His expenses need only be the a stable of 20 ponies. He in the polo revival, The Olymple Torch

Shouldn't mind being arrested Hertfordshire chartered surveyor. In 1947 he cost of the has founded the

pony--say, £150- in Warrington during the next Copenhagen this evening on its Polo Club. And he is a member bought the 18th-century house at £300, a small amount for feed, month, providing it's by police- journey from Olympia, Greece, of the committee of the Hurling-Woolmers Park, which was once and equipment. to Helsinkl.

of which the woman

probationer Diana and Shortly after 8 p.m., a Danish ham Polo Association, the ruling the home of the Earl and cheapest item is the stick at 175. dicton.

body of English. polo.

Countess of Strathmore. He od.

Northern Countles backstroke runner, Gunner Nielsen, entered

That is not all. Arthur Lucas created a polo Copenhagen's Sports Stadium

can put his entire family into rough meadow which still yields For the spectator the game to stylist, who is back in the swim

following two The political aspects of Cal- and ran one lap of the track.

the polo field. His 22-year-old a crop of silage. He built stables not dear. Every Sunday about flow Torch son John-pinys cutta V. Bombay, not only at

He then handed the

behind

through They for Cambridge

adviso Diana the actual over to the Chairman of the University and is considered to be home, but within

Sitting in his study, sipping a pay 10s, per car irrespective of Anderson and Sunny touring party, which date back Danish Athletic League, Mr

a coming top-class player. His beer after practice, he told me occupants. Watchers who come while she is in Warrington, Bili to the coup

against President Leo Fredericksen, who passed

has recently been awarded the Anthony de Mello last year, are the Torch by way of Mr Foul wife, Mrs Ethel Lucas, and 20-that polo was costly, but does not on foot are admitted free.

year-old daughter Patricia also say by how much. Danish Olymple

One fact about post-war polo Swimming Teacher of the Year" To complete the family family hobby," he says, "the only to play

Iz this. The game does not title. it's

"SEVERE CRITIO trols round on a pony not much worth it.". It is said to cost bim flourish in London. Today there ground in London

Alec Herd, former Manchester TDC father's well- 300 per playing member of his is only one la "Yes," and the only man who The Torch was to be guarded higher than her

ailself where polo can be watched City Scottish International, is in

UD Recreto can restore some semblance of overnight in Copenhagen's Town padded knee-guards, acting na family-which maites £1,200

year. His ponies must have cost every week. In 1839, four clubs charge of Stockport County's

youngsterE. order to Indian cricket, on and Hall before being taken by unometal umpire at practices.

Re- KCC. about £5,000,

were thriving.

and-coming to porting

cholzman off the field, in coming to Eng- speedboat to Sweden tomorrow.

Ernest MC "A" 7,000 CROWD land.

There was the historic Rane Barlow after an away match Alec 100cc Polo has now become modish The members of his club are lagh Club. Now it is an allot-said: "He's not up to standard agoin. It is attracting more and mostly City men and localment plot. Hurlingham's grounds, and never likely to be," or words me "p more spectators. It is having its | farmers.

Some

could game of them bave where the

bo to that effect. Overhearing this only one pony-although two is watched at 18, a head, have been another director asked: "Who is "Take no The man who has played the generally recognised

the requisitioned, although the club he talking about?"

the still remains greatest single part in this minimum, because the animals

centre of notice," said Mr Barlow, ' KCC

Recreio revival is the one-armed Lord must be rested after each 74-English polo. The Rochampion only his own son." Cowdray. He has five grounds minute playing period,

Club, where before the war there or at Cowdray Park. At week-enda chukka.

were 150 pontok, now stages a crowds of up to 7,000 go to see

Ingholt, the

"It's the

Chairma Mr Dorting album, Claire, aged 8, one we've got, and I think

the real trouble.

Many of the Indiana have

de Mello is coming?" The answer S. P. Soerensen,

asked me: "Do, you know if Mr Cmittee LOIM

He holds the key. If the rebels

want to play ball, I feel ho thinks so much of the future of

Reuter,

the game in his country that Open Pairs Results best post-war season.

ho'd go back--bul on his own

terms.

In the Lawn Bowls Open Pairs If that doesn't happen, then | Championship, H. F. Shields and look for the complete break-up J. S. Landolt beat O. R. Sadick of Indian cricket as we know and M. B. Kassan 24-21 at the it at the moment, with a third | HKFC yesterday.

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